The Schleissheim aviation workshops are a branch of the German Technical Museum in Munich, located 15 kilometers north of the city, on an old airfield, next to the magnificent Schleissheim Palace.
This legendary airfield, founded in 1912, was one of the first in Germany. The first corps of Bavarian Royal Aviation was stationed here, fighter pilots were trained here during World War I, and the aces of the Luftwaffe trained here during World War II. After Germany's capitulation and until the late 1980s, Schleissheim was a base of the US Air Force.
The museum on the airfield grounds opened in 1992 and has since been introducing visitors to the history of aeronautics. Its aviation exhibition reflects the long path toward realizing humanity's cherished dream of flight. More than 60 exhibits are presented here, ranging from a glider and antique balloons to the most modern military and sports aircraft, fighters, and helicopters.
In the museum's restoration and repair workshops, they restore functionality and monitor the technical condition of all the aircraft, thanks to which most of the planes on display, even the oldest ones, still take to the sky to this day. Thanks to the local craftsmen, the first Bavarian Otto aircraft, examples of which were assembled back in 1912 and for which the young company BMW made engines, was recently brought into fully working condition.
In summer, flight shows with stunts, as well as parades of vintage aircraft, are constantly held over the airfield. If it seems to you that you have already seen all the sights of Munich, it is time to go to Schleissheim.
